Virginia E. Howard, 83, of Jefferson, passed away Dec. 27 at Glenridge in Augusta.
Born in Jefferson on June 15, 1923, she was a daughter of Earl L. and Annie C. Plummer Glidden.
Virginia graduated from Union High School, class of 1941, and worked

Virginia R. Lawrence, 89, passed away Dec. 15 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta, following a long illness.
She was born Oct. 21, 1917, in Minneapolis, Minn., the middle daughter of Geno and Emma (Jezewski) Rossi. Virginia was proud of her I

Norma Elaine Davis Black, 66, of Friendship, passed away Dec. 1 at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport after a brief illness.
Mrs. Black was born June 12, 1940, in Waldoboro, the daughter of Lauriston “Dave” and Lois (Harkins) Davis. She was a

Mary J. Hourihan, 92, passed away on the morning of Nov. 30 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta.
She was born Nov. 9, 1914, in Boston, Mass., the daughter of James and Mary (Rahill) Kilroy.
Her life was her family and her extended family, a

Ruth Etta Ives, of Pemaquid, passed away on Nov. 13 from a malignant brain tumor.
She was born Jan. 17, 1947, the daughter of Charles and Velma Drake and stepdaughter of Robert Sutter of Wiscasset. She was a 1965 graduate of Wiscasset High School an

Patricia Kane Hennin died peacefully at home on Nov. 3, having battled an aggressive form of breast cancer for nearly five years.
Born June 17, 1943, Patsy grew up in Centerport, N.Y. on Long Island, the daughter of Daniel Hipwell Kane and Helen Shi

Marion Emily (“Monnie”) Cary, of Edgecomb, passed away Nov. 29 at Knox Center Nursing Home in Rockland. She died as she had lived: simply, quietly, and peacefully.
Monnie was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 11, 1911, the daughter of Edith and William

Kathryn M. Hillman, 90, wife of the late Lt. Col. Albert L. Hillman USAF, died on Nov. 12.
Kathryn was born Jan. 2, 1916, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of Charles and Marie Gallasch. She was formerly from Hempstead, N.Y. and Northport N.Y.
She gr

Dwinal Cole Griffin Jr., 71, of Warren, and winter resident of Crystal River, Fla., died unexpectedly on Nov. 3 at his home in Crystal River, Fla.
He was born on June 12, 1935 in Portland, to Dwinal Cole and Elizabeth Dyer Griffin Sr.
As a youth,

David Arnold Hardy, 62, of Rockland, died unexpectedly on Nov. 29 after suffering a seizure.
David was born in Rockland Oct. 25, 1944, to the late Francis Arnold Hardy and the late Doris Cecelia Hardy. He grew up in Thomaston with his older sister

Ervin “Bud” Eugene Maynard, 81, of Brunswick, formrely of Wilton, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Nov. 12.
He was born in Dexter on April 9, 1925, to Hollis and Marguerite Maynard.
He graduated from Dexter High School, a

Lillian May Ross, of Thomaston, passed away Nov. 3 at Fieldcrest Manor in Waldoboro, after a long illness.
She was born May 16, 1917 in Revere, Mass., the daughter of Joseph and Lena Giehelhausen Huntington.
Lillian attended Howe High in Billerica,

George S. Burgess, 92, of Bristol and West Newton, Mass., died Nov. 29 at Epoch Senior Healthcare in Weston, Mass., after four years of declining health.
Born in Waltham, Mass., he was the son of the late Charles and Nettie Burgess.
After high scho

Howard “Howie” F. Ryder, 57, of Greenville, died Nov. 11 at Eastern Maine Medical Center from complications of multiple myeloma, an aggressive cancer of the blood.
Howie was born in Greenville on May 11, 1949, to Faustena (Knight) and Edwin B. Ryder